Description:
This role is in SCJ Global Marketing’s Global Consumer Brands Design Team and reports to the Director of Design – Global Consumer Brands. GCB consists of Home Cleaning, Home Storage, Pest Control and Air Care and does not include SCJ Portfolio of Lifestyle Brands. Key brands include Raid, Off, Stem, Glade, Scrubbing Bubbles, Windex, Pledge and Ziploc.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Evangelize the power of design; motivate team engagement for RD&E, Marketing and Research to deliver a competitive advantage to SC Johnson; Be an agent for change.
- Maintain a strong external curiosity, scanning the broad marketplace for new ideas and possibilities.
- Lead development of brand design strategies and brand foundation tools to deliver holistic brand building solutions and drive sustainable growth.
- Partner with Consumer Insights and Marketing to identify unmet consumer needs and wants.
- Collaborate cross functionally to create new products and experiences
- Liaise with Package Engineers, Sustainability, Category Brand Equity, Agency Partners and Category Marketing teams to ensure design quality and consumer experience.
- Manage budget, Tracking, Invoicing on a monthly basis
- Lead the execution of the end-to-end graphics and IUX/product design development processes from briefing through design for manufacturing to ensure best in class design execution.
Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Product/Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Design Strategy, or a closely related field. Advanced degree in business or design thinking preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in brand design (Consumer Product Goods (CPG) industry experience preferred).